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17/12/2012

Banca MPS recruits 100 private bankers

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena will recruit 100 private bankers from early 2013, as an addition to the 400 already present on the bank’s network. Currently, the network includes 82 private and 11 family office centres. In the next few weeks, it will open six new private centres.
17/12/2012

Invesco Perpetual replaces manager of its global fund

Invesco Perpetual has assigned its Global Opportunities fund (GBP53m) to the British manager Stephen Anness as part of a review of its equities division, Investment Week reports. He will also join the global equity team. The fund had previously been managed by the managers of the firm’s Global Equity Group. The firm has also announced that its director of marketing, Rick White, in October left the firm after twelve years. Invesco Perpetual has also lost its director of sales, Craig Newman, and its sales manager, Simon Dale. White and Newman will be replaced early next year.
17/12/2012

First physical replication ETFs from db x-trackers listed on LSE

On 14 December, db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank group) admitted its first three physical replication ETFs to trading on the London Stock Exchange. They are Luxembourg-registered funds which track the FTSE 100 and the Euro Stoxx 50, as well as the first ETF to replicate the Euro Stoxx 50 ex Financials index, the firm claims. The products are also expected to be released on the XTF segment of the German Xetra platform (Deutsche Börse) on 19 December.Meanwhile, the asset management firm says that it has listed its two existing synthetic replication ETFs db x-trackers FTSE 100 ETF and db x-trackers Euro Stoxx 50 in London.A list of the new products is attached.
17/12/2012

Appointments to the board at BNY Mellon

BNY Mellon Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gerald L. Hassell today announced several executive appointments designed to accelerate the company’s success as the global leader in investment management and investment services.The following appointments will be effective Jan. 1, 2013:Karen B. Peetz will become President of BNY Mellon. Peetz is currently Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Markets & Treasury Services. As President, Peetz will lead Global Client Management, Regional Management, Treasury Services and Human Resources.Timothy F. Keaney will be named Chief Executive Officer of Investment Services. He is currently Vice Chairman and Executive Officer of Aset ervicing, and will direct Asset Servicing, Corporate Trust, Depository Depositary Receipts, Global Markets, Global Collateral Services, Broker Dealer Services and Pershing. Brian T. Shea becomes President of Investment Services and head of the Global Operations and Technology group. He remains Chief Executive Officer of Pershing. Vice Chairman Curtis Y. Arledge remains Chief Executive Officer for Investment Management. Peetz, Keaney and Arledge will report to Gerald L. Hassell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon.
17/12/2012

LGT acquires a US real estate management firm

The Liechtenstein-based firm LGT Capital Partners has announced that its affiliate, LGT Capital Partners Holding (USA) Inc., has acquired the New York firm Clerestory Capital Advisors, LLC (CCA), an investment and advising firm for real estate investment via funds, co-investments and secondary investments, for an undisclosed amount. The firm was founded by Joanne Douvas and Tommy brown in 2007, when the firm’s first fund of funds was laynched. CCA will now become known as LGT Clerestory.
17/12/2012

Partnership in the family office sector

The Singapore-based firm Oclaner Asset Management, which assists family office and high net worth clients, has formed partnership with the Monaco-based private investment firm Codima, Asian Investor reports. Under the terms of the agreement, Oclaner will become the asset management arm of Codima, or the Compagnie d’Investissements Monaco-Asie. Meanwhile, Oclaner becomes the unit dedicated to direct investment of Codima, which will allow the Singapore firm to offer a wider range of private assets in Asia and Europe.
17/12/2012

CPPIB pension fund grows in Asia

The Canadian pension fund Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has set up two new units in Asia, as part of a process to increase personnel in the region, Asian Investor reports. The pension fund has set up a private debt desk, which will invest directly in leveraged loans, high yield bonds and debt structures including mezzanine. It will participate in event-driven operations (acquisitions, refinancing, restructuring and recapitalisation). CPPIB Has recruited Nina Tao as head of the private debt desk in Hong Kong. The pension fund has also set up a public equity private investment activity in Hong Kong. Assets under management by the pension fund not total about CAD170bn, nearly CAD20bn of which is in the Asia-Pacific region.
17/12/2012

Pall Mall IM opens a distribution office in Frankfurt

The asset management firm Pall Mall Investment Management GmbH (PMIM), based in Hamburg, earlier this month opened a distribution office in Frankfurt, at the offices of Veritas Investment GmbH, an affiliate of the Augur group.Currently, assets total EUR2bn, exclusively for institutional invetors, although the firm has recently launched an open-ended multi-asset class fund which uses the Risk@Work process and is administered by LBB Invest, the PMIM-MultiAsset-LBB-InvesT (DE000A1CXYQ0).
17/12/2012

Sal. Oppenheim wealth management gets a new head

Gregor Broschinski decided to quit on 31 December the board of Sal. Oppenheim (Deutsche Bank group), where he had been responsible for wealth management. On 1 January, 2013, he will be replaced by Nicolas von Loeper, who since 2009 has been head of the private wealth management operation of Deutsche Bank Cologne for the Cologne/Bonn/Aachen region.
17/12/2012

Head of bonds leaves Berenberg

According to reports in Citywire, Dirk Springer, CIO of Berenberg for bonds and manager of several funds at Berenberg, has left the firm.
17/12/2012

Head of bonds leaves Berenberg

Dirk Springer, head of bonds at Berenberg Bank, based in Hamburg, has left the firm, Citywire Global reports. The circumstances of his departure remain unknown, and it is not yet known if he will be joining another asset management firm.
17/12/2012

Investors predict large return to euro zone

As the holidays near, investors have gained hopes of seeing the euro zone gradually recover from the crisis. In the week to 12 December, European bond and equity funds each took on more than a net USD1bn, according to estimates by EPFR Global. There has also been an increase in interest in China, as some predictions project growth of over 8% in 2013.Equity funds overall have posted net inflows of EUR8.9bn in the week to 12 December, more than half of which went to emerging market funds. Bond funds finished the week with net subscriptions totalling USD5.2bn, which brings inflows since the beginning of the year to over USD460bn. EPFR Global reports that Swedish bond funds attracted over USD1.5bn in net subscriptions in the past 12 weeks, a higher total than cumulative inflows in the past four years. Money market funds, for their part, have seen net outflows of USD3.5bn.
17/12/2012

Fidelity to soft-close a fund

Fidelity Worldwide Investment will be soft-closing its FAT Europe strategies on 2 January, after assets reached EUR2.6bn as of the end of September, Investment Week reports. The fund, managed by Anas Chakra, can adopt long/short positions on European equities.
17/12/2012

Nominations à la direction de BNY Mellon

Le groupe BNY Mellon annonce plusieurs promotions au sein de sa direction, qui prendront toutes effet le premier janvier 2013. Karen B. Peetz, actuellement Vice Chairman et Chief Executive Officer de Financial Markets & Treasury Services devient president de BNY Mellon. Timothy F. Keaney a été nommé chief executive officer of Investment Services. Actuellement vice chairman and chief executive officer d’Asset Servicing, il dirigera les unités Asset Servicing, Corporate Trust, Depositary Receipts, Global Markets, Global Collateral Services, Broker Dealer Services et Pershing. Brian T. Shea devient president de l’Investment Services et head du groupe Global Operations and Technology. Il demeure chief executive officer de Pershing. Le vice chairman Curtis Y. Arledge garde son poste de chief executive officer pour l’Investment Management. Karen Peetz, Timothy F. Keaney et Curtis Y. Arledge travailleront sous la supervision de Gerald L. Hassell, chairman et chief executive officer de BNY Mellon.
17/12/2012

LGT acquiert un gestionnaire immobilier américain

Le liechtensteinois LGT Capital Partners a annoncé que sa filiale LGT Capital Partners Holding (USA) Inc. a acheté pour un montant non divulgué la société new-yorkaise Clerestory Capital Advisors, LLC (CCA), une entreprise d’investissement et de conseil dans le domaine de l’immobilier au travers de fonds, de co-investissements et d’investissements secondaires.La société a été créée par Joanne Douvas et Tommy Brown en 2007, année où a été lancé le premier fonds de fonds de la société.CCA prendra désormais le nom de LGT Clerestory.
17/12/2012

Le marché monétaire se contracte encore en zone euro

Au deuxième trimestre 2012, le volume d’instruments traités sur le marché monétaire se contractait de 14% sur un an, selon la dernière enquête de la Banque centrale européenne publiée ce matin. A cela deux raisons majeures: l’accroissement des tensions en zone euro entre juin 2011 et juin 2012, et les injections massives de liquidités réalisées par la BCE entre ces deux dates, qui ont détourné les banques du marché interbancaire.
17/12/2012

Une petite société épinglée par l’AMF

Le représentant du Collège de l’Autorité a requis 60.000 euros d’amende à l’encontre de la société de gestion de portefeuille La Nouvelle Finance qui n’a plus d’agrément depuis 2011. Il a aussi demandé 30.000 euros contre ses deux dirigeants. Il leur reproche de n’avoir pas respecté leur programme d’activité, en termes de moyens humains et de gestion financière d’un FIP. Il leur reproche également d’avoir manqué de diligence lors de la commercialisation de deux OPCVM.
17/12/2012

S&P fait tomber la Croatie en « junk »

L’agence de notation a abaissé en catégorie spéculative («junk») la note de la Croatie, à BB+ contre BBB-, estimant que les réformes mises en oeuvre par le gouvernement ne sont pas suffisantes pour stimuler la croissance et placer les finances publiques sur une trajectoire plus soutenable. La perspective assortie à la note est stable.
17/12/2012

Fitch confirme la note A- de l’Italie

L’agence a décidé de maintenir la note à long terme A- de l’Italie, assortie d’une perspective négative. Cette confirmation s’explique notamment par la consolidation budgétaire et les réformes structurelles qui ont été globalement conformes aux attentes de l’agence en 2012. La perspective négative reflète en particulier les risques d’instabilité après les élections anticipées de l’an prochain et d’incertitude quant à la poursuite du programme de réformes économiques et budgétaires.
17/12/2012

Quatre offres fermes pour ANA

Les autorités portugaises ont reçu quatre offres fermes pour la privatisation de l’exploitant d’aéroports ANA, une opération qui pourrait rapporter plus de 2,5 milliards d’euros à Lisbonne. L’agence de gestion des actifs publics Parpublica n’a publié que le nombre des offres dans un communiqué, sans plus de précision.
17/12/2012

L'Europe et les Etats-Unis achoppent encore sur Bâle 3

Les banques américaines n’auraient réussi à détenir que 700 des 1.500 milliards de dollars d’actifs liquides nécessaires au respect des exigences de Bâle 3. De quoi pousser à des nouveaux assouplissements selon le journal, qui cite Bob Chakravorti, chef économiste chez Clearing House, qui représente les onze plus grosses banques commerciales américaines. Parallèlement, le président du Comité de Bâle, Stefan Ingves, a indiqué que malgré l'échec de l’Union européenne et des Etats-Unis à respecter la date du 1er janvier 2013 pour commencer à appliquer les nouvelles règles, «presque toutes les juridictions du comité de Bâle appliqueront Bâle 3 conformément au calendrier prévu» d’ici la fin 2013.

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